"You love to see it."

"It" -- An ostensibly well-intentioned sentiment, muddied by *racial essentialism* and a *directive that I MUST perform some ambiguously defined action(s), because -- you say so?

No, I don& #39;t & #39;love to see it& #39;. Especially from the @LPNational, @JoshGuckert.
This seems philosophically sloppy, opportunistic. It seems like a crass attempt to glom onto a meme w/ pernicious, established imputations -- in hopes it *maybe* produces a political advantage.

Could this gambit work? And Is it a betrayal of principle?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/antiracism-our-flawed-new-religion">https://www.thedailybeast.com/antiracis...
What& #39;s the probability that yet-another-undifferentiated-corporate-display -of-solidarity manages to punch thru?

And IF someone does see it, considering this commandment has no context of it’s own, do they buy Ibram Kendi& #39;s deluded text for instruction?

https://www.city-journal.org/how-to-be-an-antiracist">https://www.city-journal.org/how-to-be...
When racial justice memes come in for sharp criticism, some employ cheap dodges that won’t work on me.

So I’ll make it plain: This dogma conflicts w/ libertarian ideals. We need not endorse it to CARRY ON supporting an end to the drug war + qualified immunity — that’s WHO WE ARE
The @LPNational @Jorgensen4POTUS et al, ought reconsider this *calibration*.

I don’t know if this is well intentioned or tacky political larping.

I do know that needlessly polluting a movements long track record of criminal justice reform advocacy w/ racialist sludge is wrong.
It **feels** like I just got mugged.
All told, @Jorgensen4POTUS is still the ONLY RESPONSIBLE CHOICE for President this November.

That makes this gimmickry all the more frustrating. An unnecessary defect. A pointless — and I hope not deliberate — distraction.

I’d still vote for her, but not w/o some real angst.
I’ve just highlighted what this ACTUALLY MEANS. You need to dispute that framing. One can’t just wave away the political and intellectual context that exists. https://twitter.com/th3acist/status/1283749219535335424">https://twitter.com/th3acist/...
This is a canard. No serious person can believe this slogan was adopted absent a consideration of the prevailing cultural winds. Blanks lightly circulated rendering of antiracism — which has its own considerable defects — couldn’t have solely or primarily motivated this posturing https://twitter.com/lpnational/status/1283750797470314497">https://twitter.com/lpnationa...
More on all this here. https://twitter.com/nickgillespie/status/1283750776230248448">https://twitter.com/nickgille...
And when you& #39;ve tried, people have smeared you for having & #39;suspicious motives& #39; -- it’s trash. This *innovation* is a step backward.

Libertarianism is about individuals.

Libertarian ideas helped inform my decision to reject identitarianism. https://twitter.com/rasputin4prez/status/1283763761564782592">https://twitter.com/rasputin4...
This is an unfair and reductionist swipe. It’s a mistake to indulge in this kind of disparagement @nsarwark.

Why disregard the principled and respectful objections of people who’ve helped promote + advance our shared values?

Good faith disagreement is always in fashion, Nic https://twitter.com/nsarwark/status/1283805851225120774">https://twitter.com/nsarwark/...
I’m a libertarian. Without apology. No qualifications. No embarrassment.
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